GRC Contracts in the North of England

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring GRC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GRC over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 157 173 213
Rank change year-on-year +16 +40 +10
Contract jobs citing GRC 9 12 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.27% 0.25% 0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.91% 1.61% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 3
10th Percentile £259 £378 £1,130
25th Percentile £340 £400 £1,325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £550 £1,650
Median % change year-on-year -21.91% -66.67% +180.85%
75th Percentile £516 £575 -
90th Percentile £625 £600 -
England median daily rate £630 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +9.57% -4.17% +2.13%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of England

GRC falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 471 745 813
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 14.29% 15.63% 13.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 418 493
10th Percentile £235 £320 £288
25th Percentile £371 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £698 £672 £650
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 85 40
10th Percentile £14.27 - £13.47
25th Percentile £22.14 £10.95 £29.30
Median hourly rate £24.67 £12.84 £38.55
Median % change year-on-year +92.15% -66.69% +106.15%
75th Percentile £39.69 £26.66 £49.08
90th Percentile £79.39 £48.75 £58.45
England median hourly rate £34.75 £22.34 £41.50
% change year-on-year +55.55% -46.17% +50.91%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing GRC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for GRC in the North of England

GRC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GRC in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for GRC in the North of England

GRC
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GRC in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GRC in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GRC in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for GRC in the North of England

GRC
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +16 7 £363 -34.00% 19
Yorkshire +5 1 £525 +38.89% 37
North East - 1 £450 - 3
GRC
England

GRC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Akamai
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Network Security
General
1 3 (33.33%) Banking
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
3 1 (11.11%) Military
3 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Architect
1 2 (22.22%) Consultant
1 2 (22.22%) Security Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Governance Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) IT Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) IT Manager
2 1 (11.11%) IT Security Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) IT Security Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Junior
2 1 (11.11%) Junior Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Junior PMO Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Security Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Security Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
2 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Risk Management
2 3 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (33.33%) Information Security
3 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Agile
4 1 (11.11%) Analytics
4 1 (11.11%) Architectural Design
4 1 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (11.11%) Budgeting
4 1 (11.11%) Code Quality
4 1 (11.11%) Data Security
4 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
4 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
4 1 (11.11%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 1 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (11.11%) Risk Register
4 1 (11.11%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) CISM
1 2 (22.22%) CISSP
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 1 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) NIST
2 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (11.11%) GDPR
3 1 (11.11%) NCSC
3 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
3 1 (11.11%) PMO
3 1 (11.11%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) F5
1 1 (11.11%) Google
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) OneTrust
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle
1 1 (11.11%) Qualys
1 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow